http://www.ontopoftheworld.net Travel the world Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:08:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/16/guyana-land-of-many-waters/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/16/guyana-land-of-many-waters/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:32:50 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1570 Despite its bustling capital, colonial architecture, and historic slave plantations, this small English-speaking country on the north coast of South America still has that … Continue reading →]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/16/guyana-land-of-many-waters/feed/ 0 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/16/1812-part-13-the-final-days-of-war-at-fort-erie/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/16/1812-part-13-the-final-days-of-war-at-fort-erie/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:07:32 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1564 For six weeks in the late summer of 1814 Fort Erie has the unenviable distinction of becoming Canada’s bloodiest battlefield.]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/16/1812-part-13-the-final-days-of-war-at-fort-erie/feed/ 0 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/13/1812-part-12-the-siege-of-fort-erie/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/13/1812-part-12-the-siege-of-fort-erie/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:18:21 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1559 Re-enactors portray the wives, nurses, surgeons, soldiers, suttlers, natives and officers who participated in the Siege of Fort Erie and tell some of the … Continue reading →]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/13/1812-part-12-the-siege-of-fort-erie/feed/ 0 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/13/hong-kong-the-green-scene/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/13/hong-kong-the-green-scene/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:08:06 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1552 In our quest for the hidden and serene side of Hong Kong we hike along magnificent and rugged coastal trails, explore mudflats and marshes, … Continue reading →]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/13/hong-kong-the-green-scene/feed/ 1 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/12/edgewalk-an-extreme-experience/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/12/edgewalk-an-extreme-experience/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:59:56 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1542 Without a doubt this feature of Rick Mercer and Jan Arden doing the EdgeWalk together at the CN Tower in Toronto is one of … Continue reading →]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/12/edgewalk-an-extreme-experience/feed/ 0 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/12/edgewalk-torontos-unique-experience/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/12/edgewalk-torontos-unique-experience/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:51:33 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1533  The EdgeWalk is the latest innovation of the CN Tower, Toronto, Canada.  They don’t take it lightly.  You have to be healthy, are strapped … Continue reading →]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/04/12/edgewalk-torontos-unique-experience/feed/ 1 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/03/30/japan-the-island-of-kyushu-part-two/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/03/30/japan-the-island-of-kyushu-part-two/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:43:46 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1520 Kyushu, the southern-most island in Japan, has shrines dedicated to the Gods of Learning, Business and Traffic Safety. Secrets of weaving Japanese textiles and … Continue reading →]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/03/30/japan-the-island-of-kyushu-part-two/feed/ 0 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/03/30/japan-the-island-of-kyushu/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/03/30/japan-the-island-of-kyushu/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:27:30 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1514 Isolated from the Japanese mainstream and closer to Korea and China, Kyushu is the southernmost island in Japan and least known to Westerners. Here … Continue reading →]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/03/30/japan-the-island-of-kyushu/feed/ 0 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/01/16/new-zealand-adventure-bound/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/01/16/new-zealand-adventure-bound/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:44:24 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1444 Travellers is search of adventure and extreme sports may find more than they bargained for in New Zealand. It is a country of dramatic … Continue reading →]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/01/16/new-zealand-adventure-bound/feed/ 0 http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/01/11/israel-%e2%80%93-an-introduction-to-the-country/ http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/01/11/israel-%e2%80%93-an-introduction-to-the-country/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:51:42 +0000 On Top Of The World http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/?p=1440 Geographically, Israel is a long, narrow stretch of land at the south-eastern corner of the Mediterranean, situated between Africa and Asia and on the … Continue reading →]]> http://www.ontopoftheworld.net/2012/01/11/israel-%e2%80%93-an-introduction-to-the-country/feed/ 0